Producing: Production & Development
Producing is both a key component of filmmaking and essential to the intertwined discipline of project development. In the motion picture and television industries, some become producers by working up through the ranks of production jobs, while others use their entrepreneurial spirit and savvy to leapfrog to selling projects to studios, networks and investors. Still others move into producing after ascending in professions that are careers in and of themselves, such as executives for studios, networks or production companies, or working as talent/literary agents or personal managers.
The College seeks to offer students a program that gives them the skills to oversee and run a professional film/digital set. The program also imbues them with the information they need about the industry and its practices to pitch, sell and shepherd projects that will come to fruition on the multitude of entertainment platforms (big screen, TV, mobile phones, etc.) now available to consumers.
Required
Each student who chooses to emphasize Producing: Production & Development must take the following:
(GH253) Hollywood Business Practices & History
(F441) Producing: From Green Light to Completion
(GS256) Entertainment Law
(GH166) Art of the Pitch
Electives
Additionally, those who choose a Producing: Production & Development emphasis must take four (4) of the following:
(GH258) Art of Creative Producing
(F341) Development: From Acquisition to Green Light
(GH261) Marketing & Public Relations
(F131) Documentary Production Workshop
(F315) Navigating New Media
(F317) Production for New Media
(GH255) Script Analysis 2
(V318) Music Video Production
(V209) Non-Fiction TV Production
(F420) Film Financing
(F252) Properties That Sell: Writing Coverage
(F221) Post Production Process
(F422) Film & TV Distribution: Platform by Platform
(F421) Independent Film Workshop
(V320) Hip Hop Production
(F266) Mockumentary!
(F427) Business Plans for Filmmakers
(F320) Viral Videos Unmasked
(F234) VFX Production for the 21st Century
All students choosing to work towards a combined Cinema-Television BFA degree must take all core courses – including Introduction to TV Production, which is a core class for combined majors, and the four (4) courses designated for the Cinema Major:
Required
(GH253) Hollywood Business Practices & History
(F441) Producing: From Green Light to Production
(GS256) Entertainment Law
(GH166) Art of the Pitch
(V201) TV Essentials
(V103) TV Directing & Producing 1
Electives
Must take four (4) courses from the list for Cinema majors PLUS two (2) additional courses from the following:
(V210) TV History
(V235) Reality TV Production
(V207) TV Documentary Production
(V318) Music Video Production
(V118) TV Commercial Production
(F315) Navigating New Media
(F317) Production For New Media
(V209) Non-Fiction TV Production
(V350) Shooting the Sitcom
(V330) CCH: The TV Series (can be taken twice for elective credit, three times total)
(F221) Post Production Process
(V103) TV Directing & Producing 2
